Then along sashays Channel 4’s new entry: the wittily titled Flirty Dancing, which aims to match singletons based on their love of dance. Each hopeful will learn half a routine, taught by Dancing on Ice judge and Diversity star Ashley Banjo, which they will perform as a couple.

What is Channel 4’s new dating show Flirty Dancing? What time is it on, and how does it work?

Ashley Banjo learn how to bellydance

It's like a blind date, but rather than meet up with somebody and then do something more conventional like go to a bar or to a restaurant, you don't speak to this person. You don't know who they are. You don't even quite know where you'll meet them, but you'll bump into somebody.